Mircea Popescu, early Bitcoin adopter, dies at age 41
Public Group active 3 years, 1 month agoThe sudden death of 41-year-old Mircea Popescu, an early adopter of Bitcoin, has left cryptocurrency experts speculating on what will happen to the estimated $2 billion worth that he owned. There has so far been no word on who has access to his digital assets, believed to be some of the largest in the world, fueling unconfirmed rumors that the fortune could be gone. Popescu drowned Monday morning off the coast of Costa Rica near Playa Hermosa, according to local news reports. Mircea Popescu, one of Bitcoin’s earliest adopters died suddenly on Monday at 41. His fortune in the cryptocurrency was estimated to be around $2billion, the fate of which is uncertain RELATED ARTICLES
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Rumors have swirled online that Popescu’s family does not have access to his digital assets. Alexander Marder, a research analyst for wowgoldone.com Crypto Briefing said that without that access, the coins could be off the market. Popescu started MPex, a ‘Bitcoin securities exchange’ in 2012 – on reported.Little else was reportedly known about him among the public. Pete Rizzo, editor of Bitcoin Magazine, noted Popescu was a polarizing figure, and said he was called ‘The Father of Bitcoin Toxicity,’ by some. ‘Mircea will endure as one of #Bitcoin’s most vilified figures and inarguably one of its greatest philosophers,’ he wrote on Twitter. Others eulogized him similarly. Many eulogized Popescu as a polarizing figure, who undoubtedly had a large impact on the cryptocurrency space ‘Mircea Popescu died last week. He was a thoroughly unlikeable person, who taught me so much about Bitcoin,’ tweeted Riccardo Spagni, who is widely known in the crypto community.’Tim May and Mircea Popescu (both deceased, the latter just recently). Considered by some to be Bitcoin “philosophers” or “Visionaries” who deserve respect,’ said attorney Grant Gulovsen who says that he represents crypto-related clients.
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